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Clinton, Mass. First Unitarian Church. 

Special Lincoln service under the au^ 
pices of the Sunday School. Sunday Fet. 
ruary 7, 19 o9. 



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TiNGObN (Centenary 

" With malice toward none, with charity for aU." 
" With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right. " 

SPEeiAL LI/NeOL/S SE-RVICE 

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE 

SUNDAY SCHOOL OF THE FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH 

OF CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS 

SU/MDAg FEB-RUA-Ry 7, 1909 

at seven o'clock 




By permission 
of "JUoClure'a " 

Abraham Lincoln 



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UNITARIAN (^HWRC^H CHOIH: 
Mrs. ANNA MURDOCK WIESMAN, Organist and Directress 
Mrs. ADDIE HYDE FAY, Soprano 

Mrs. ANNA J. COUGHLIN, Alto 

Mr. GEORGE S. HOWARD, Tenor 

Mr. CHARLES A. NEEDHAM, Bass 

ASSISTED BY 

Mr. CLYDE B. LONG of Indianapolis, Indiana, Baritone, and 
Mr. C. A. HANSON of Worcester, Violinist. 






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Violin and Organ Prelude. "Cavatina" BoMi 

Mr. Hanson and Mrs. Wiesman 

" The pu7-poses of the Lord are perfect and fnnst prevail." 

■Doxology 

Choir and Congregation 

" The Lord has not deserted me thus far, and He is not going to now." 

"Reading of the Scriptures. Isaiah V: i-8 and 16-30 
Superintendent 
"If I can learn God's will, I will do it." 

Anthem. " Rejoice in the Lord, O Ye Righteous " Rogers 

Quartette 

" The Lord is always on the side of the rights 

Fifth order of Service 

Superintendent and Congregation 
" / look to the American people, and to that God who has never forsaken them." 

Hymn AJo. A39. " Rock of Ages." (President Lincoln's favorite hymn.) 
" God is with tis." 

"Prayer 

Pastor 

" / remember my mother's prayers, and they have always followed me. 
They have clung to me all my life." 

"Response 

Choir 

" I feel that I cannot succeed without the Divine blessing, and on the 
Almighty Being I place my reliance for support." 

The Gettysburg Address 

Mr. Charles A. Needham 
" The value of life is to improve one's condition." 

"Baritone Solo. "Recessional" De Kovett 

Mr. Long 

" God tells truths in parables." 

Original Poem. " The Great Emancipator " 

Written by Miss Fannie A. Damon 
" / trust I shall be able to do my duty, though it costs my life." 



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Duet. " Come unto me ye weary " Campana 

■^J Mrs. Coughlin and Mr. Howard 

■^ " Teach hope to all— despair to 7tone." 

Address. " Lincoln, the first American" 

Orra L. Stone 
" Let us strive on to finish the work we are in'" 

Soprano Solo. " My Old Kentucky Home," (By request) 

(Abraham Lincoln was born in what is now the villiage of Hodgenville, Kentucky. Feb. 12, 1809) 

Mrs. Fay and Church Quartette 

" The face of an old friend is like a ray of sunshine through 
dark and gloomy clouds." 

Add ress. " Illustrations from Lincoln's Life " 

Judge Jonathan Smith 
" / bring a heart true to the work!' 

Baritone Solo. "Just Before the Battle, Mother" George F. Root 

Mr. Long, assisted by the Choir 

"All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. 
Blessings on her memory y 

Announcements 

" If I do not go away from here a wiser man, I shall go a better man." 

Offertoire. Violin and Organ. " The Lost Chord " Sir Arthur Sullivan 

Mr. Hanson and Mrs. Wiesman 

" // is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation shoula 
be on the Lord's side." 

Hymn No. 6BT. "America" 

Choir and Congregation 

" Nothing shall be wanting oJi my part, if sustained by the A^nerican people 
and God." 

Benediction 

Pastor 

" Without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God and 
go forward without fear and with tnanly hearts." 

Violin and Organ Postlude. Selected 

Mr. Hanson and Mrs. Wiesman 
" Trust to the good sense of the American people." 



''Obey God^s Commandments/^ 



Whatever God designs, He will do for me yet/' 



*'You must not give me the praise — it belongs to God/* 



Mr "Let it be said of "^V 

\k'i ^^"' plucked a thistle • k* 

\kkd and planted a flower \|/ 

\f/ where I thought a \J/ 

\f# flower would grow." \w/ 

ViJ -Lincoln W 



I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and 
the gracious favor of Almighty God/* 



''When any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole 

qualification for membership, the Saviour's condensed 

statement of both law and gospel, that church 

will I join with all my heart and soul/' 



COULTER PRESS, ITEM OFFICI CLINTON 




^ Union ^ 

Sunday School Service 

Lincoln Centenary Celebration 

IN THE 

Baptist Chwch, Walnut Street 



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PROGRAMME 



ORGAN PRELUDE - - Organist Jasper W. Sawyer 

HYMN — Onward Christian Soldiers - . - Audience 

Leader, George ^Y. Meldrum 

Onward, Christian Soldiers! marching as to war, 
With the cross of Jesus going on before, 
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe ; 
Forward into battle, see His banners go! 

Like a mighty army moves the Church of God ; 
Brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod ; 
We are not divided, all one body we ; 
One in hope and doctrine, one in charity. 

Onward, then, ye people ! join our happy throng, 
Blend with ours your voices in the triumph song; 
Glory, laud, and honor unto Christ the King, 
This thro' countless ages men and angels sing. 

SCRIPTURE READING - - - Rev. James Sheerin 

PRAYER Rev. E. P. Herri ck 

SOLO — Battle Hymn of the Republic - George W. Meldrum 
Chorus by the Audience 

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! i 

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on. |li 



ETTYSBURG ADDRESS - - - Orra L. Stone 



ALUTE TO THE FLAG and ) Audience 

LEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE f Leader, Joseph E. McGown 

"I pledge Allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which 
it stands ; one Nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice 
for all." 



HE STAR SPANGLED BANNER - - - Audience 
Led by Cornetist and Organist 

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light. 

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming. 

Whose stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight. 
O'er the ramparts we Avatch were so gallantly streaming? 

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air 
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. 

Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand 

Between their loved home and wild war's desolation ; 

Blest with vict'i'y and peace, may the heav'n-rescued laud 
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserved us a nation! 

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, 
And this be our motto : "In God is our trust." 



OFFERING 

ORNET SOLO— Selected - - - Miss Elsie Miller 
PRESENTATION OF SPEAKER - Rev. William Brown 

ADDRESS Hon. A. S. Roe 

EXERCISE— A Lincoln Acrostic 



15 Girls from the Baptist S. S. 



AMJ^RICA '- Audience 

My country! 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, 

Of thee I sing ; 
Land where my fathers died ! land of the Pilgrim's pride ! 

From every mountain side let freedom ring. 

My native country, thee — land of the noble free — 

Thy name I love ; 
I love thy rocks and rills, thy woods and templed hills ; 

My heart with rapture thrills like that above. 

Let music swell the breeze, and ring from all the trees, 

Sweet freedom's song; 
Let mortal tongues awake; let all that breathe partake; 

Let rocks their silence break, the sound prolong. 

Our father's God! to thee, author of liberty. 

To Thee we sing ; 
Long may our land be bright with freedom's holy light; 

Protect us by thy might, great God, our King. 



BENEDICTION - - - - . Rev. E. L. Hobein 
POSTLUDE Organist J. W. Sawyer 



The W. J. Coulter Press, Item Building, Clinton 




CLINTON. MASSACHUSETTS 



©rder of Gxercises 



AT THE ARMORY 



FEBRUARY 12th, 1909, at 8 P. M. 



1. PRAYER. 

By Rev. Fr. Edward J. Fitzgerald. 

2. OPENING ADDRESS. 

By the Chairman, Jonathan Smith. 

3. SINGING— "To Thee, Country." 

By the High School. 

4. READING — "Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg." 

By Lawrence OToole, of Senior Class, High School. 

5. SINGING~"Charity.-' 

By the High School Glee Club. 

6. ORATION— "Recollections of Lincoln." 

By Major General 0. 0. Howard, U. S. Army. Retired. 

7. SINGING— "The Lord is Great." 

By the High School. 

8. BENEDICTION. 

By Rev. James C. Duncan. 



musical director 
Miss Blanche McQuaid 



tftcnrrni (Hammittev. , 

Hon. Jonathan Smith, Chairman. Orra L. Stone, Secretary. 

Excnxtiur CtrmnnttEC. > 

Jonathan Smith, Welhngton E. Parkhurst, Orra L.Stone. 

Finnnrr. 

Dr. Walter P. Bowers, Capt. Charles E. Shaw, Thomas S. Davis, George 

E. O'Toole, William Hamilton, Patrick F. Cannon, 

Earl R. Gibbs, James H. Carr. 

%ljltr Exrrctscs nt tlir ^\rmorji. 

Hon. Jonathan Smith, Wellington E. Parkhurst, George C. Stone, Louis L- 

Stone, Francis G. Sawyer, Orlando L. Martin, George Stewart, 

Thomas M. Jennings, Albert Beck. 

Loan E,xi]ibit 

Francis H. Sawyer, Orra L. Stone, William Noonan, Charles A. Bartlett, 

Dr. James R. Kirby, Dr. William O. Johnston, Mrs. George S. 

Gibson, Mrs. Herbert L. Smith, Mrs. William H. Elword. 

E,x5rris«s in ttrc ?'«blic Schools. 

William S. Duncan, James F. Phillips, John B.Gallagher, Charles Mayberry, 
Adolph Wittman, Henry E. A. Steadman, Walter F. Page. 

■^icligious Scfwirrs. 

Rev. James C. Duncan, Rev. Dr. William W. Jordan, Rev. William Brown, 

William H. Gibbons, Rev. Edward L. Hobein, Horace A. Thissell, 

William J. Ferry, William R.Johnston, Mrs. Jennie Stone Dame. 

Sundag School £xErciscs. 

Rev. James Sheerin, Major Peter J. Cannon, Waldo T. Davis, Herbert L. 

Smith, Fred G. Stowers, Jasper W. Sawyer, Miss Ellen K. 

Stevens, Mrs. Frank P. Sawyer. 

ilccorntions. 

George S. Estes, Joseph E. McGown, James J. Kennedy, Wayland W. Howard, 
John Long, Horace A. Johnson, Frank Seifert. 



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